Primary Faculty

George Rutherford, III, MD
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Epidemiology and prevention of infectious and tropical diseases, with a primary focus on HIV/AIDS; epidemiology of tuberculosis in California, the prevention of childhood injury, immunizations, Hepatitis C, evidence-based medicine and public policy, preterm birth, implementation science and bioterrorism

Jaime Sepúlveda, MD, DrSc, MSc, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- AIDS, STIs, diarrhea, cholera, geographical information systems, epidemiologic surveillance systems, ethics and health, health system reform, national health surveys, nutrition and health, vaccines, immunizations, implementation sciences, neglected tropical diseases, tobacco control, maternal health, child health

Starley Shade, PhD, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease

Jennifer L. Smith, PhD, MSc
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Assistant Professor
- Global HealthInfectious Disease

Hugh Sturrock
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Assistant Professor
- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Spatial epidemiology, malaria

Jacqueline Torres, MPH, MS, PhD
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- Epidemiology of AgingGlobal HealthLifecourse
- Social and migration-related determinants of health and aging in the US and Latin America; health effects of immigration policy across the life-course; health disparities; family dynamics and health

Paul Wesson, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Global HealthInfectious DiseaseResearch Methods in EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- HIV, health disparities, surveillance, population size estimation, sampling methods, social determinants, intersectionality

Justin White, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersGlobal HealthImplementation ScienceLifecourseResearch Methods in EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- Health economics, behavioral risk factors, tobacco use, global health policy, behavioral economics, applied econometrics, impact evaluation

Lydia Zablotska, MD, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Cancer EpidemiologyEnvironmental and Occupational EpidemiologyGlobal Health
Secondary Faculty

Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS
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- Global HealthImplementation ScienceInfectious Disease
- Tuberculosis, Lung Disease, Health Disparities, Implementation Science

Judith Hahn, PhD, MA
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- The use of TB prophylaxis in HIV/TB co-infected alcohol users, as well as interventions to reduce drinking and increase antiretroviral therapy adherence

Hacsi Horvath, MA
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Medical ethics, HIV/AIDS, emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, systematic reviews

Thomas Lietman, MD, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- trachoma

Saam Morshed, MD, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Orthopaedics, trauma, post-traumatic arthritis

Mark Seielstad, PhD
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- Genetic EpidemiologyGlobal HealthInfectious Disease
- The interface of genetic epidemiology and population/anthropological genetics
Affiliate Faculty

Dhruv Kazi, MD, MS
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- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersGlobal Health
- Health economics, cost-effectiveness, m-health, global health, anticoagulation
Emeritus Faculty

Sarah Macfarlane, PhD, MS
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Maternal and child health and nutrition, health workforce development, and strengthening information and surveillance systems

Edward L. Murphy, MD, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Viral epidemiology as applied to transfusion safety and global health

Paul Volberding, MD
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- Cancer EpidemiologyEpidemiology of AgingGlobal HealthImplementation ScienceInfectious Disease
- HIV/AIDS, HIV-related malignancies, antiretroviral therapy, oncology, global health, health disparities, health policy
Postdoc

Dakota Cintron, PhD
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- BiostatisticsGlobal HealthResearch Methods in Epidemiology
- Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design, Graphical Models, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Item Response Theory, Latent Variable and Structural Equation Modeling, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulation